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A. 0. OSBORNE. BARBERS APPLIANCE.

Patented May 6, 1890.

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- receiver in its collapsed condition be held in UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABEL O. OSBORNE, OF EAST SAGINAW, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO A. EUGENE KIRBY, TRUSTEE, OF SAME PLACE.

BARBERS 'AAPPLIANCE.

SIPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,241, dated May 6, 1890.

Application filed September 18, 1889. Serial No. 324,865- (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ABEL C. OSBORNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Saginaw, in the county of Saginaw and Stateof Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barbers Appliances, of which the following is a specification.-

The object of my invention is to provide a convenient receptacle for water to be used in the toilet or by barbers for moisteningithe hand, brush, or cup, and which is adapted to be suspended or otherwise secured to a dressing-case, barbers chair, or like article of furniture'wit-hin convenient reach of a person making his toilet or of a barber in serving his customers; and my invention consists in a collapsible receiving-vessel having an aperture through which its contained air may be expelled by pressure upon the walls. and through which aperture water will fiow if the the water and allowed to resume its normal shape therein. In the preferred form of my construction I employ a hollow spherical body having its walls constructed of a flexible material, as rubber, so that they may collapse to expel the air, and a convenient means of suspension consists of a textile covering, which may be made ornamental, if desired, and of such form as to inclose wholly or partially the spherical body, and having connected therewith a cord, hook, or other suitable fastening whereby to suspend or attach the receiver from or to a piece of furniture or other support. In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a sectional elevation, of one form of my invention.

In said drawings, A representsa hollow spherical body whosewalls are composed of rubber, and having therein an -aperturea, through which the air may be expelled by collapsing the walls, and water drawn in through said aperture by allowing said walls to expand while the aperture is immersed in water.

" B indicates a netted covering intended to water to a barber in his work.

illustrate a convenient method of suspending .body A when filled with Water from a chair cure hold when grasped by the hand; but it is evident that instead of this netted covering a metal or other suspending or attaching means in the form of ahook, wire, rod, staple, or like device may be secured to, around, or through the walls of the body A in order to attach it; or an integral handle of rubber may be cast with body A when the latter is made of rubber.

A use to which my invention is peculiarly adapted is that of conveniently supplying It is the custom among barbers, at one partof the operation of shaving a person, to moisten the hand or sponge before the face is gone over for the last time. It is inconvenient for a barber to have near his chair a basin or other supply of water, and therefore he is either at the trouble of walking across the room While his customer waits or of using water from a bottle or other inconvenient receptacle.

The device which I have described, if filled with water and attached to the back of abarbers chair, supplies him with water for a days use, and all that is necessary to obtain it is to hold the hollow of the hand below the aperture to, and by gently pressing the walls of the body A water is expelled into the hand.

I do not limit my invention to the specific form of construction illustrated in the draw ings, as variations may be made within wide limits without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Ilaving now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As an attachment for barbers chairs, a water-holder comprising, in combination, a collapsible receiver in hollow spherical form, having an aperture through its wall, and suitnetted covering and suspending-cord, substantially as described.

able means for suspending or attaching said holder to an article of furniture, substantially as described.

2. As an attachment for barbers chairs, a ABEL OSBORNE 5 Water-holder comprising, in combination, a WVitnesses:

collapsible receiver in hollow spherical form, CHAS. E. SELLERS,

having an aperture through its wall, and a J. S. COURTEMARSH. 

